Shirt



(No Model.)

- JpsTEflKER.

- SHIRT.

No.- 530,974. Patented Dec. 18,1894.

W/fiVESSES: INVENTOH I NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH STECKER, or LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

SHIRT.

SPEGIFISATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,974, dated December 18 1894. Application filed September 25, 1894. Serial No. 524,094- (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH STEoKER, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shirts; and it consists in the novel construction and combination'of the parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, whereby the size of the shirt neck may be adjusted to the wearer and secured in the most comfortable position. I

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front View of the neck portion and collar of a shirt. Fig. 2-is a front view of the same with the collar removed to show the adjusting and fastening devices. Fig. 3 is a front view of the fastening devices in detail. I

A is a portion of a shirt made to open at the front, and B is the shirt collar secured to the band 0 at the top. The collar may be a part of the shirt as shown, or an ordinary loose collar may be worn with the shirt.

The ends of the band 0 are prolonged forming two tabs D and E which are curved so as to fit snugly around the neck portion of the shirt. The tab D projects from the front flap of the shirt, and a slit d is formed crosswise in the band 0, back of the tab D, and where it will be hidden by the collar. The tab E projects from the under flap of the shirt, and e and e are two slits formed crosswise in the band 0, back of the tab E, and under the collar.

When the shirt is put on, the tab E is thrust through the slit d from the rear, and the tab D is thrust through the slit 6 from the front and through the slit e from the back, as shown in Fig. 2.

The shirt is fitted and adjusted to the neck instantaneously by pulling the ends of the tabs in opposite directions.

The friction of the tabs in the slits is usually I on the ends of the tabs and on the band (l.

F are buttons, and f are buttonholes for securing the ends of the tabs to the band, but any other approved fastening devices, such as hooks and eyes, may be used.

When the wearer is heated he can loosen his shirt collar slightly by merely putting his finger in the neck of his shirt and pulling it so as to make the tabs slip a little in the slits of the band.

In selling these shirts it is not necessary to keep a large number of sizes and half sizes in stock, as one size is sufficient for several neck sizes on account of the adjustability of the shirt neck.

What I claim is- A shirt having a neck band and projecting tabs at each end thereof, the said neck band being provided with the slit d on one side and the slits e and e on the other side of the shirt opening, for the said tabs to pass through, the size of the shirt neck being adjusted by sliding the said tabs in the said slits, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH STEOKER.

Witnesses:

HERBERT W. T..JENNER, L. P. WHITAKER. 

